Cello Sonata No.1, Op.45 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements
Composition Year 1838
Genre Categories Sonatas; For cello, piano; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the piano; For 2 players; For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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For Piano

 2. Andante
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Performers André Van Ryckeghem
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 Complete Score
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 Complete Score
#854095 - 22.57MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 34×⇩ - Feduol

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 Cello Part
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: F. Kistner, n.d.[1839]. Plate 1215.1229.
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 Complete Score
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 Cello Part
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 9
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 45.
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 9
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874-82. Plate M.B. 453.
Reprinted Farnborough: Gregg Press, 1967.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
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 Complete Score, Cello Part
#07812 - 5.45MB, 45 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1923×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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 Complete Score
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 Complete Score
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 Cello Part
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 Cello Part
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Editor Friedrich Grützmacher (1832-1903)
Publisher. Info. Kompositionen für Violoncello und Klavier
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.1735, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6960.
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 Complete Score (color)
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 Complete Score (mono)
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 Cello Part (color)
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 Cello Part (mono)
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Editor Wilhelm Speidel (1826-1899) - piano
Bernhard Cossmann (1822-1910) - cello
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: Hugo Pohle, n.d.[1878]. Plate H.P. 453, 451.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Violin and Piano (David)

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 Violin Part (monochrome)
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Arranger Ferdinand David (1810-1871)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d. Plate 7168R.
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Misc. Notes The monochrome part is of low quality, because the staves are feint while the accidentals are too dark.
The title page mentions a viola arrangement by Casimir Ney (1801—1877)
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For Viola and Piano (Dom)

 Viola Part
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Arranger Dom
Publisher. Info. Dom
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Misc. Notes For use with the original piano part
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For Piano 4 Hands (Winkler)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Louis Winkler (d. 1886)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Litolff, n.d. Plate No 983.
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Andante (No.2)

For Piano (Ryckeghem)

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 Engraving files (PMX)
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Editor André Van Ryckeghem
Publisher. Info. André Van Ryckeghem
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For Organ (Best)

 Complete Score
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Arranger William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.260-67)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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General Information

Work Title Cello Sonata No.1
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.45 ; MWV Q 27
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 17
Key B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements:
  1. Allegro vivace (B♭ major, 344 bars)
  2. Andante (G minor, 175 bars)
  3. Allegro assai (B♭ major, 254 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1838
First Publication. 1839 – Leipzig: F. Kistner // Paris: Maurice Schlesinger // London: J. A. Novello
Average DurationAvg. Duration 24-25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation cello, piano
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide
Extra Information Co-published in 1839 by Kistner and Schlesinger, it seems. (See Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 1e série, 28e année (42e de la collection), Nº 31, 3 Août 1839, p.372, r.239.; Catalog card entry for Schlesinger edition (gives date as "Ca.1840" but see BdlF just previously.)
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